Analysis of the 5' portion of the type 19A capsule locus identifies two classes of cpsC, cpsD, and cpsE genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3599-3605

  Morona, Judy K ^a   Morona, Renato ^b   Paton, James C ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0032996061     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.11.3599-3605.1999     Document Type: Article

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